Monument record 0289300000 - TOWN MILL (DENHAM MILL)

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Eleventh to nineteenth century records of Town watermill

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Type and Period (2)

CORN MILL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1899 AD)
WATERMILL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

2 MILLS ON DENHAM MANOR 1086 (B1,B7; ALSO CASS 02894).
CORN MILL BY CHURCH CALLED TOWN MILL, 1388 (B6).
1596: 2 MILLS, 'WATERMILL IN DENHAM' & 'TOWN MI LL' 1616, 'TOWN MILL' & 'DENHAM MILL' (B7).
1798; JOHN NASH, TOWN MILL (B3).
ON MAPS (B2,B4-5).
CEASED WORKING C1892 (B8).
NOW PRIVATE HOUSE, NO MACHINERY SURVIVING (B9).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Used as a residence in 2006 (B10)
Water mill known as 'Moor House Mill'…first mentioned in 1388 and last used 1892 (B11).

Sources (11)

<1>SBC4271 Bibliographic reference: John Morris (ed). 1978. Domesday Book: Buckinghamshire.
<2>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
<3>SBC12399 Bibliographic reference: POSSE COMITATUS 1798 (MS AT BRO, REF: L/P/15 & 16).
<4>SBC1967 Map: Andrew Bryant. 1825. Map of the County of Buckinghamshire. Printed map. Linen. 1.5 inches:1 mile.
<5>SBC10114 Map: OS 1868/81 SIX INCH MAP 1ST EDN (& SUBSEQUENT EDIT IONS).
<6>SBC7348 Bibliographic reference: LATHBURY R H 1904 HISTORY OF DENHAM PP460-463.
<7>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p260.
<8>SBC7001 Bibliographic reference: Kelly's Directories Ltd. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF BUCKS 1863-1892.
<9>SBC12030 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R FIELD VISIT 1979.
<10>SBC23045 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley, Edward Legg and James Venn (eds). 2007. The Watermills of Buckinghamshire: A 1930s account by Stanley Freese with original photographs. p206.
<11>SBC20011 Unpublished document: Archaeological Services & Consultancy Ltd. 2001. Chilterns Chalk Streams Project: Chess & Misbourne Valleys - Archaeological Assessment.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 04420 86710 (point)
Civil Parish	DENHAM, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire